Record #:

20624

Author(s):

Thomas, John G.

Abstract:

Clarence L. Hardy of Greene County is the world's biggest tobacco farmer. He grows tobacco on a 12,000-acre farm in Green and Pitt counties. He never went to college and had very little schooling in his early days, but he is a large contributor to educational, religious, and civic organizations. Recently he has given sums totaling $100,000 to Atlantic Christian College in Wilson.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 13 Issue 32, Jan 1946, p8-9, por

Subject(s):

Philanthropists